Work Load in Stanford.

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>Does the work load at Stanford leave students with enough time pursue other activities? or is it heavy like MIT or Caltech?</p>

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<p>The workload, I would assume for more universities, depends on what classes you’re taking and how many units you’re taking each quarter. The supposed average amount of units each quarter is around 15-16, and it is said each unit means about 3 hours of work (1 hour of class and about 2 hours for outside work).</p>

<p>However, which classes you take is a more accurate representation of workload rather than unit measurement. It can be assumed that science and math classes will be workload-intensive.</p>

<p>It is possible to pursue other activities with careful time management.</p>

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<p>It depends heavily on what classes, and how many of them, you take. In terms of workload and units, I would say there is almost no correlation between them, if not a negative correlation, at least for what I’m studying (math and computer science). Think about this: CS 106A (an intro class) is 5 units, so it’s supposed to be 10 hours of outside work. However, because it’s easy (if you’re a math/CS person), you can get it done in only 4 hours or so. But take an advanced class (which are generally 3 units), and it will take 6 hours (or possibly even more).</p>

<p>Compared to MIT/Caltech, I’ll just say this: If you want to take a lot of classes and have as much work as an MIT/Caltech student, you can do that. If you want to just take it easy, you can do that as well. Stanford gives you a lot of flexibility.</p>

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<p>^^for example let’s use CS major/course workload…the funny recommendations given by the CS department :)</p>

<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.cs.stanford.edu/degrees/undergrad/Courseload.shtml]Courseload[/url”>http://www.cs.stanford.edu/degrees/undergrad/Courseload.shtml]Courseload[/url</a>]</p>

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